M-22 are a British-German DJ and producer duo consisting of Matt James and Frank Sanders. On March 22, the duo met, through a joint production, which is the reason for their stage name.
42-648: On March 22, 2015, the duo met during a joint production in Canada. James and Sanders liked each other instantly. On the same day, they produced their first single, "Good to Be Loved". In April 2015, the duo released the track "Sometime" which peaked in the UK Club Chart at #6. The song was selected by the Sarah-Jane Crawford Show (BBC1 Xtra) as 'Record of the Week'. Their debut single was released on 22 May 2015 and reached
84-510: A "bigger, revamped show" in 2019. However, the show did not materialise, with organisers now planning to hold the ceremony in 2020 instead; Kanya King stated that there would be "positive changes" to the show, and that they would be "returning with even more determination and energy to support and boost our culture wherever we can." In the course of its history, the MOBO Awards show has witnessed performances from UK and international talent. Over
126-524: A boycott effort emerged after the American pop musicians Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera won the awards for Best R&B Act and Best Video respectively. The Independent described the wins as being the result of the "white appropriation of black music". A MOBO spokesperson defended their presence, stating that the awards were designed to honour achievements in music of black origin, regardless of
168-517: A decade. Kanya King launched the MOBO awards in 1996 with business partner Andy Ruffell, aiming to establish a platform for music that, according to King, encompasses urban, hip hop, R&B and reggae. The 1997 award ceremony was held at London's New Connaught Rooms on 10 November. The gala included performances by Mary J. Blige and Eternal . The Malibu MOBO Awards show was held at The Royal Albert Hall and hosted by Mel B and Bill Bellamy . It
210-639: A line up of guests presenting individual awards which also included Sinitta and Quentin Tarantino . The 2009 awards event took place on 30 September at the SEC Centre in Glasgow , the first time the MOBO awards show took place outside London. A tribute performance was dedicated to Michael Jackson , and the Young Soul Rebels performed their charity single " I Got Soul ". Reggie Yates and Keri Hilson hosted
252-462: A pat on the back and a jolly boys' outing for major labels and American acts." In 2011, Lanre Bakare wrote in The Guardian that the show was being affected by the music industry's dilution of the distinctive black music scene, promoting it to mainstream audiences as popular music (including "manufactured", U.S.-style hip-hop and R&B). In the column, it was noted that Labrinth had criticized
294-413: A performance of Money by Jamelia featuring Beenie Man . Craig David performed an acoustic medley of Fill Me In , 7 Days and Nice & Slow by Usher , Sade exclusively performed By Your Side , Gabrielle performed Rise , MJ Cole performed Crazy Love featuring Elizabeth Troy , Donell Jones performed U Know What's Up featuring ceremony host, Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes. The show closed with
336-611: A performance of Who Let The Dogs Out by Baha Men . In addition to their performances, Craig David, Jamelia, Beenie Man, MJ Cole and Gabrielle also won awards. With Craig David receiving three awards in total. Award presenters included MOBO Award founder, Kanya King , Honeyz , Melanie Sykes amongst others. In 2003, the MOBO awards show moved to The Royal Albert Hall and was hosted by Blu Cantrell and Lil' Kim , with performances from DMX , Lumidee , Wayne Wonder, George Benson, Lemar , Seal , Mis-Teeq and Redman , J'Nay John Adeleye , Big Brovaz , Black Eyed Peas and Kool and
378-581: A television presenter, Crawford went to Kingston University and Anglia Ruskin University . She graduated with a 2:1 degree in marketing. Crawford began her TV career on Shipwrecked 3 on Channel 4, but began presenting in 2007 when she hosted the Red Carpet and Back Stage show of the Vodafone Live Music Awards for The Hits music video channel, now known as 4music. In 2007, Crawford joined
420-708: Is currently a host for), ITV2 on The Xtra Factor , BBC and Channel 4 . Crawford has also presented and appeared a number of shows for the Disney Channel and MTV . Crawford has been a vegan since 2015 and released a vegan app called Viappi in November 2017. Born in Lambeth to parents of Irish and Caribbean descent, she was adopted at two months old. She attended schools at Bessemer Grange, Dulwich Hamlet and Sydenham Girls' School before moving up to Cambridgeshire for her remaining years of secondary school. Before becoming
462-569: The BBC ; beginning in 2006, the show aired live on BBC Three , and highlights aired on BBC One . In 2014, the BBC dropped the MOBO Awards, and the ceremony moved to ITV under a three-year deal, airing on ITV2 with same-night highlights on ITV . In 2017, the ceremony moved to Channel 5 and BET . In 2018, the MOBO Organisation announced that the ceremony would take a one-year hiatus in order to plan
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#1732847929627504-1006: The MOBO awards with Spice Girl Mel B on ITV2 . In February 2015 Crawford began presenting duties for E! Network by hosting the BAFTA red carpet show. In June 2015, Crawford launched a show to help E! find a new UK and Ireland online host. In November 2015, she hosted the Mobo Awards for the third time at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. In December 2016 - January 2017, Crawford co-hosted World's Strongest Man for Channel 5 . Crawford co-hosted her second series of World's Strongest Man in 2017 due to air on Channel 5 during December to January 2018. Crawford took part in series 3 of Celebs Go Dating which aired on E4 in September 2017. On 19 May 2018, Crawford
546-636: The iTunes Top 50 chart. On EDM.com, the song made it to #5 on its chart. Several DJs supported the track; Tiësto , Don Diablo and Robin Schulz played the song several times in their radio shows. Robin Schulz worked with M-22 and produced the song "Love Me Loud" featuring Aleesia. The song was included in Schulz' 15-track album Sugar , released in August 2015. The duo produced remixes for Avicii , Sigala , Sigma, Axwell & Ingrosso , Deepend and Sam Feldt . Alongside Axwell and Ingrosso , they played at
588-533: The 7–9 pm slot on radio 1. Crawford depped for MistaJam on Radio 1 on the 7-9 pm slot to host a special warm-up show for Glastonbury festival. Crawford has since covered for Gemma Cairney who currently presents the Surgery and on 12 August 2015 hosted a A-level results advisory show. In 2015 Crawford has also covered on BBC Radio 1, Saturday and Sundays from 1 pm to 4 pm On 1 October 2015, Crawford hosted her last show for BBC Radio 1Xtra after an announcement by her earlier
630-551: The Gang. Among the winners of the night were: 50 Cent , Justin Timberlake , Big Brovaz and Lisa Maffia , who was the only UK female artist to win an award. The ninth awards ceremony took place on 30 September 2004 at The Royal Albert Hall and was broadcast by BBC Television . Janet Jackson received the icon award. So Solid Crew won the award in the UK garage Act category award beating Dizzee Rascal and The Streets . Controversy surrounded
672-654: The MOBO Lifetime Achievement Award. The full list of winners where: The 18th Awards show took place on 19 October 2013 and was held at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. It was hosted by Trevor Nelson and Sarah-Jane Crawford . Performances included Tinie Tempah , Iggy Azalea , Naughty Boy , Rudimental and Jahméne Douglas . The 19th Awards show took place on 22 October 2014 and was held at The SSE Arena in London . It
714-565: The Refune Label Night in Ibiza in August 2016. In October 2016, they reached gold status in Sweden for their single, "Somewhere New". Sarah-Jane Crawford Sarah-Jane Crawford is an English television and radio presenter, actress, voice-over artist, and DJ best known for her radio work with Hits Radio and formerly with BBC Radio 1Xtra , and television work with E! Network (which she
756-591: The Royal Albert Hall with Charlie Sloth. In October 2013, she co-hosted the Mobo Awards with Trevor Nelson which aired on BBC One and BBC Three. In December 2013, Crawford appeared as one of the celebrity panelists for four episodes of I'm a Celebrity get me out of here now , on ITV2. On 30 August 2014, Crawford replaced Caroline Flack and Matt Richardson as the presenter of The X Factor's ITV2 spin-off show The Xtra Factor . In October 2014 Crawford hosted
798-671: The UK MTV channel VIVA , the first channel from MTV. In August 2010, Crawford began hosting a weekly show on MTV HD's channel called The Music Alphabet . In September 2010, Crawford appeared with Jonathan Ross and Ant and Dec, on the Nintendo TV advertisement celebrating 25 years of Mario. In July 2013, she co-hosted the BBC Three coverage of T in the Park festival with Greg James. In August 2013 Crawford co-hosted BBC Three's first Urban Classic Prom at
840-526: The awards show, with Peter Andre presenting backstage. The awards ceremony took place on 20 October 2010 in Liverpool . The awards show returned to Glasgow's SEC Centre on 5 October 2011, hosted by Jason Derülo and Alesha Dixon . Jessie J won four awards, making her the biggest winner of the night. Boyz II Men received the award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Other winners included Rihanna , Tinie Tempah , Adele and Alborosie . Amy Winehouse
882-537: The ceremony returned for a second time to Scotland. The awards then moved to Leeds for the first time in 2015 and to Sheffield in 2024. The show returned to Leeds in 2017 when it was last held before going on hiatus. In 2020 it was confirmed it would be returning that year, however for the first time ever it would be streamed on YouTube . The ceremony was first broadcast regionally on Carlton Television from 1996 to 1997, before airing nationwide on Channel 4 from 1998 until 2003. From 2004 to 2013, they were aired by
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#1732847929627924-561: The chart. She was replaced on evenings by Jordan Lee. Crawford now presents 4-7pm every weekend, and occasionally stands in for regular presenters. Crawford appeared in the April 2008 issue of FHM and in the November 2008 issue of British Vogue as part of a photo shoot and article called "Top of the Box" with Lauren Laverne and Fiona Bruce. In early 2013, Crawford signed to Models 1, as part of their Special Bookings. In January 2014, Crawford appeared on
966-561: The covers of Black Hair magazine and The Sun's Fabulous magazine twice in 2014. She appeared on the cover of Pride magazine in 2014. In June 2015 Crawford became the face of Brazilian flip flop brand Ipanema for a summer campaign. In September 2015 Crawford signed to Select Model Management to their celebrity division. In 2013 Crawford starred in the British Film It's A Lot which had its UK Cinema release in October 2013, she played
1008-417: The ethnicity of their performers, and cited the increasing worldwide growth of urban music at the time. In 2006, DJ and music journalist Bigger wrote that the presentation had been "veering away from its concept of rewarding music of black origin" as early as its third edition, noting its increasing dominance by American acts at the expense of domestic acts. He argued that the show had become "little more than
1050-588: The night included Corrine Bailey-Rae, Lemar , Black Eyed Peas , Rihanna , Sean Paul and Beyoncé . In 2006 the awards ceremony was hosted by Coolio and Gina Yashere at The Royal Albert Hall . For the first time the World Music and Jazz categories were suspended. Corinne Bailey Rae won the prize for Best UK Newcomer and Jai Amore won Best Unsigned Act. British rapper Akala won Best Hip Hop Act, beating stiff competition from American acts such as Kanye West , 50 Cent , and The Game . The 2007 awards ceremony
1092-607: The nominations of Conor Maynard and Ed Sheeran for awards, while Charlie Dark of Attica Blues argued that the MOBOs needed to promote innovation in black music, and "shouldn't be an annual event where everyone pats themselves on the back for very small advances that they've made, when they are powerful enough to bring real change. If they don't adapt, artists who aren't interested in commercial pop and being put in musical boxes will just do their own thing." In 2020, English rock duo Nova Twins wrote an open letter on Twitter addressed to
1134-502: The only female winner on the night. MOBO UnSung is a biennial talent competition for unsigned acts, showcasing the next generation of urban artists. The 10 finalists (unusually increased to 11 in 2018 due to the high numbers of entrants), are narrowed down to a top 3, which the winner is then picked from. The MOBOs have faced criticism for having become increasingly oriented towards "commercial" urban music, and having given nominations and awards to musicians who are not black. In 2003,
1176-817: The part of single mother Lorna. In July 2016 Crawford starred in the Film The Hatton Garden Job playing the part of DCI Emma Carter alongside Matthew Goode , Joely Richardson and Larry Lamb , though made in 2016, the Film was released in April 2017. MOBO awards The MOBO Awards ( Music of Black Origin , also known as the MOBOs ) are an annual British music award presentation honouring achievements in " music of black origin ", including hip hop , grime , UK Drill , R&B , soul , reggae , jazz , gospel , and African music . The MOBO Awards were founded by Kanya King and Andy Ruffell. The first ever award
1218-714: The presenter line-up for the E4 Music Zone and Freshly Squeezed for Channel 4 and as a result she has interviewed the likes of Robert De Niro, Usher, Nicole Scherzinger, the Pussycat Dolls, Natasha Bedingfield, will.i.am, Colin Farrell, Kate Hudson, Ewan McGregor, Jerry Seinfeld, Sarah Jessica Parker and Renée Zellweger for Channel 4. On 25 July 2008, Crawford was the celebrity guest on eviction night for Big Brother's Big Mouth and for Big Brother's Little Brother , on 18 August 2008. In October 2009, Crawford officially launched
1260-504: The previous month that she was leaving to work on TV projects in Los Angeles. Crawford joined Bauer media's new national station Hits Radio in June 2018 to present weeknights 7-10pm, she also presented The Hits Radio Top 40 Sunday's 4-7pm which later became known as The UK Chart Show. As of Monday 24 June 2019, Crawford took over the 1-4pm afternoon slot on the station in addition to presenting
1302-586: The removal of reggae artists Vybz Kartel and Elephant Man from the "Best Reggae Act" category at the 2004 awards due to their homophobia and incitement to murder. The 2005 awards show saw one of the biggest line-ups in MOBO award history, including John Legend, Ms Dynamite, Lemar, Kano, Damien Marley, Public Enemy and Lauryn Hill . The event was hosted by Gina Yashere and Akon at The Royal Albert Hall , with guest presenters Chris Eubank, Lisa Maffia , Josie Darby, Simon Webbe, Myleene Klass, Estelle , Tim Westwood, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Chuck D. Big winners on
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1344-670: The royal wedding for broadcast on E! in the US which were later aired in the UK in the week leading up to the ceremony. In October 2008, Crawford began presenting on ad hoc shows as a cover DJ on BBC Radio 1Xtra . In April 2009, she began hosting her own show which was the early weekend breakfast slot from 7.00 am on BBC Radio 1Xtra In 2011, Crawford began hosting the Saturday and Sunday slot from 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm, upon which she launched BBC Radio 1Xtra's first Book Club . From 2 April 2012, she started to present
1386-479: The weekday afternoon slot on BBC Radio 1Xtra. On 11 September 2012, Crawford appeared on BBC Radio 1's Innuendo Bingo. Crawford has stood in for Aled Jones on occasions to present the Surgery on BBC Radio 1 and in January 2014, she co-hosted a special show on 'Happiness' with him. On 8 March 2014, she kick-started a marathon on Radio 1 and 1xtra of one-off special takeover shows for International Women's day by hosting
1428-462: The years, artists have included Janet Jackson , E-17 , Destiny's Child , Dionne Warwick , Lisa Maffia , Justin Timberlake , Kanye West , Tina Turner , Rosie Gaines , Dizzee Rascal , Jay-Z , LL Cool J , Amy Winehouse , Stefflon Don , Coolio , Usher , John Legend , Jason Derulo , and Jessie J . In 2000, Sade came out of retirement to perform at the Awards, her first performance in almost
1470-418: Was a co-presenter of E!’s royal wedding coverage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding live from Windsor Castle alongside Giuliana Rancic , Melanie Bromley and Brad Goreski. This telecast was broadcast live in both the US and UK and repeated throughout the next 12 hours afterwards. E!’s coverage was broadcast on their local networks globally. As well as this Crawford appeared in a number of specials about
1512-661: Was broadcast live on BBC Three from the O2 Arena in London and hosted by Shaggy and Jamelia . The jazz category returned. Shaggy opened the evening with a medley. T-Pain performed on stage with Yung Joc , Craig David and Kano collaborated on stage; Ne-Yo , Mutya Buena and Robin Thicke also performed. Amy Winehouse performed two songs and accepted the award for Best UK Female. N-Dubz won Best Newcomer. England cricketer Monty Panesar and England footballer Micah Richards were among
1554-487: Was broadcast nationally by Channel 4 . Performers and presenters included footballer Sol Campbell , girl band All Saints , DJ Trevor Nelson , boxers Lennox Lewis and Chris Eubank , Puff Daddy , Chaka Khan , Goldie , Another Level , and Martine McCutcheon . Contribution to Black Music went to Carl McIntosh and B. B. King won the Lifetime Achievement Award. The 1999 Malibu MOBO Awards award ceremony
1596-439: Was due to perform, but pulled out hours before the show. He was replaced by Professor Green. An error saw the wrong act given the award for Best Song. "Of the many worthy winners of best song, we deeply regret a mistake was made," said Mobo organisers, in a statement blaming a "production error". The MOBO Awards 2017 took place at Leeds First Direct Arena on 29 November. Stormzy won three awards while Stefflon Don's award made her
1638-704: Was given an award and a special tribute, following her death in July 2011. The 17th Awards show took place on 3 November 2012 at the Liverpool Arena. Presented by Miquita Oliver and Adam Deacon – with backstage support from Rickie and Melvin – the night saw Trey Songz , Conor Maynard , Emeli Sandé, Misha B , JLS , Stooshe , Labrinth , Angel and Wiley perform. Emeli Sandé won awards for Best Female, Best Album and Best R&B/Soul while Plan B took Best Male Act and Best Hip Hop/Grime. TLC were awarded Outstanding Contribution to Music, with Dionne Warwick receiving
1680-700: Was held at The Royal Albert Hall , sponsored by Malibu and hosted by Mel B and Wyclef Jean . International Hip-Hop Act Award went to Jay-Z , Best Album was awarded to Beverley Knight , International Act to Lauryn Hill and Lifetime Achievement Award to Tina Turner . Performers and presenters included Des'ree , Dru Hill , Method Man & Redman , Tim Westwood , Lionel Richie , Lulu , Victoria Beckham , Chris Eubank , Another Level , Ladysmith Black Mambazo , Destiny's Child , and girl band Eternal . The MOBO Awards 2000 ceremony took place at Alexandra Palace , hosted by Trevor Nelson and Lisa Left Eye Lopes and sponsored by Mastercard . There show opened with
1722-645: Was hosted by Mel B and Sarah-Jane Crawford . It was broadcast live on ITV2 for the first time. The 20th Awards show took place on 4 November 2015 and was held at the First Direct Arena in Leeds . The show was broadcast live on ITV2 and hosted by Sarah-Jane Crawford . The 21st Awards show took place on 4 November 2016 and was held at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow . The show was broadcast live on ITV2 and hosted by Rickie Haywood Williams and Melvin Odoom . Tinie Tempah
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1764-480: Was presented to Baby D , in the Best Dance Act category. The inaugural awards were broadcast by Carlton Television from London's Connaught Rooms . Across its 22-year history, the MOBOs have been broadcast on Channel 4 , BBC Television , ITV2 and on Channel 5 before returning to the BBC in 2020. In 2009, the ceremony was held for the first time in Glasgow . Prior to that, it had been held in London. In 2011,
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